(19)
(11) EP 2 778 655 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.10.2017 Bulletin 2017/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.09.2014 Bulletin 2014/38

(21) Application number: 14159648.6

(22) Date of filing: 13.03.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G01N 1/36(2006.01)
 B01L 3/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 15.03.2013 US 201361799924 P

(71) Applicant: Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
69226 Nussloch (DE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Knorr, Stella
    Brighton, Victoria 3186 (AU)
  • Guy, Andrew
    Coburg, Victoria 3058 (AU)
  • Eckert, Ralf
    69198 Schriesheim (DE)
  • Tarbet, Fiona
    Box Hill, Victoria 3126 (AU)
  • Dias, Fernando
    Endeavour Hills, Victoria 3802 (AU)
  • Ryan, Chris
    East Brunswick, Victoria 3057 (AU)
  • Sanut, Neil
    Pakenham, Victoria 3810 (AU)

(74) Representative: Grabovac, Dalibor et al
GH-Patent Patentanwaltskanzlei Bahnhofstraße 2
65307 Bad Schwalbach
65307 Bad Schwalbach (DE)

   


(54) Method for treating a tissue sample


(57) A method for treating a tissue sample including placing at least one tissue sample on an cassette which has: a retaining member, a base and at least one biasing element; placing the at least one tissue sample in the tissue cassette; attaching the base and the retaining member to retain the tissue sample; processing the tissue sample in the tissue cassette with one or more solvents; and embedding the tissue sample in a paraffin to form an portion of paraffin in which the tissue sample is embedded in the tissue cassette, wherein the embedding comprises adding molten paraffin to the interior area of the tissue cassette and allowing the paraffin to become solid.







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